Monday, February 16, 2015

dim sum for breakfast!

hello friends! how was your valentine's day? I made shu mai (pork & shrimp dumpling) for our valentine breakfast last weekend, it was my first attempt at making dim sum. I always
thought it was quite difficult to make dim sum at home, it may be a daunting task; but i really want to try. here's some photos of my shu mai making - before & after.

Overall it taste pretty good & flavorful, but need to improve with more finely chopped/diced chinese mushroom & water chestnut, felt that it was too chunkily this time, and to reduce the portion size, it was shu mai KING. >_<Next, I want to try making har gow / shimp dumpling / 虾饺, but i think shrimp dumpling will be more difficult if compare to shu mai.